Accountant

Key Responsibilities 

• Be a business partner by supporting Business Unit Leaders and functional managers to develop clear business plans, priorities and forecasts in line with our specialised KPIs. Providing financial support and monthly reports to Functional Heads 
• Internal and external reporting including monthly/ quarterly/annual group reporting and statutory audit of the annual report 
• Assist project teams to guide their focus onto key performance issues and help them measure their impact and improvement. 
• Review of monthly Balance sheet and P&L 
• Provide Support to the sales team on Tender/bid submission - scenario planning creating  P&L & key KPIs 
• Lead quarterly forecasts and leveraging our proprietary metrics to ensure high business performance 
• Develop Intercompany relationships so that we align Quarterly Strategic Reviews (QSR) and forecasts with them and prevent missing anything that will affect the business’s QSR 
• Prepare and review financial models and proposals on an ad hoc basis to support the decision making process across a range of commercial issues  
• Preparation of monthly Management reports, KPIs and variance analysis  
• Reconcile, maintain and validate multiple balance sheet account reconciliations  
• Develop and improve finance and project systems 
• Calculation of the Company Bonus and incentive schemes 
• Complete €1m checklists for large tender/bids 
• Project champion of implementation of new finance system and be the business super-user on key modules 
• Support internal and external audits and yearly statutory fillings 
• Lead best practices to processes, people and systems to affect revenue, profitability and cashflow, to improve operating efficiency and performance 
•  Lead and implement introduction of new systems and processes such as new financial systems, expense management and other reporting systems

Additional Activities (shared with other members of finance team): 

• Take on company-wide finance tasks as allocated from time to time 
•  Support financial team providing day-to-day assistance as required 
• Ad hoc financial analysis in support of the preparation of management accounts 
• Travel will be  
   

Personal Specification 

Knowledge and Skills : 

The ideal candidate will be / have: 

• Professionally qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, ACMA) with at least 3 years post qualification experience
• Strong organisational abilities, experience of working to tight deadlines and a hands-on approach to finance
• Advanced Excel including Pivot tables, Look-up functions and similar is essential for all analysis and reporting duties 
• Deep knowledge of accounting principles, good understanding of financial/management information systems. Technically competent with finance and accounting knowledge and skills
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to adapt to and implement change. 
• High level of numeracy (Accounting/Maths/Statistics) and the ability to interpret management information 
• High computer literacy, with particular reference to accounting and management software and their application in a software / project environment 

Desirable but not essential 

• Experience with Microsoft Great Plains or NetSuite 
• Previous experience of working within IFRS15 Revenue Recognition 
• Previous experience of working within a multi-currency reporting environment 

 
Personal Qualities 

• Approachable and professional  
• Ability to work flexible hours under pressure to tight timescales. 
• Passionate and driven 
• Self-motivated and energetic
• Flexible and adaptable – We believe in leading through learning 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills  

In return we will offer you 

• Competitive salary of £50k-£60k (DOE)
• 25 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays (Holiday Buy & Sell scheme also available) 
• Discretionary bonus scheme 
• Pension – matched to 5% 
• Private medical insurance 
• Health Cash Back Scheme  
• Life assurance scheme with virtual GP service 
• Perkbox – discount scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Octopus Energy Electric Vehicle Scheme 
• Years of Service Awards  

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